ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2022
An epidemiological study of domiciliary practices and health seeking behaviour among animal bite patients attending a hospital in Delhi.
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- Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in India: a SWOT analysis.Therapeutic advances in vaccines and immunotherapy · 2026Review
- A Prospective Study of the Epidemiological Profile of Dog Bite Cases and Determinants of Anti-Rabies Vaccination Compliance at a Rural Health Training Center from a Medical College in Gujarat.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2025Article
- Local wound care and circumstances of animal bite reported by attendees of a rabies vaccination clinic in Kolkata.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Empowering adolescents in Lucknow with rabies awareness: An interventional study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Lack of documentation in animal bite cases and its impact on rabies biologicals utilization.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
- Rabies control in high-burden countries: role of universal pre-exposure immunization.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2023Review
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Abstract
Background and Objectives: Rabies, although a 100% fatal disease, is preventable with appropriate post-exposure prophylaxis. A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 360 animal bite patients in the anti-rabies clinic (ARC) of Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi (VMMC & SJH). Methods: A predesigned, pretested, structured questionnaire was administered by interview technique to assess the sociodemographic profile, health-seeking behavior, and the various domiciliary practices adopted by the animal bite patients. Results: Out of 360 study participants (348; 96.7%) visited a health facility (government/private) after an animal-bite incident. Of the 241 study participants who washed their wounds, 131 (54.4%) had washed the wound using soap and water and 216 (89.6%) had washed the wound for less than 5 min. Chili paste (128; 35.6%) was the most commonly used household remedy. Interpretation and Conclusions: It was observed that a considerable segment of the study population approached health care facilities for vaccination following animal bite but did not practice the correct wound-washing practices immediately after the incident, and a sizeable proportion of the study participants resorted to non-allopathic practices (e.g., chili paste) as a measure of first aid to manage animal bite wounds. No association was found between the sociodemographic determinants and domiciliary practices and health-seeking behavior (
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